Bottle



Patented Mar. l4, I899. A. M. SHAW.

BOTTLE.

(Application filed June 24, 1896.)

(No Model.)

PATENT I 1 Frrcn.

ALFRED M. SHAWV, OF CARVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFIGAT] ON forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,161, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed June 24, 1896. Serial No. 596 ,748. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. SHAW, of Carver, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object the construction of a bottle commonly called a nonrefilling bottle that, having been once filled and closed, then opened, and the contents used, cannot be used again as before; and the invention consists of a bottle having its neck so constructed and arranged in combination with stoppers that, having been once used, cannot be used a second time for the same purpose or in a similar manner, all substantially as hereinafter fully described, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which is illustrated a bottle con-v structed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the bottle as filled and closed by stoppers. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section similar to Fig. 1, but showing the bottle as having been opened for using the contents and as in a condition not suitable for use as before. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the parts.

In the drawings, A represents the bottle, B its body, and 0 its neck, preferably made of glass and of any desirable shape or form and all of one piece.

The material where the neck joins the body of the bottle is reduced in thickness, as at D, making a circumferential groove or crease, leaving it quite thin at such place, and in the top of the body, opening into the chamber E of the neck, is an opening F through the thickness of the material, in which is placed a cork or stopper G, of any suitable material. The inner wall of the neck, just above the top of the bottle, is of larger diameter, being made somewhat flaring downward, as at H, and also flaring upward, as at J, a short distance above, and into this portion is inserted a cork or stopper K, which is preferably of material that after being pressed down the neck into place upon the stopper G will swell sufficiently to fill up the space, interlocking it with the neck at such enlarged portions and firmly holding andsecuring the stopper K in place, also preventing the lower stopper G from being disturbed or loosened.

A short distance above the top of the stopper K in the internal wall of the neck is an annular crease or groove L, extending around the neck, making an inward-proj ectin g flange or shoulder M, and adapted to fit in this place and resting on the stopper K is a circular plate N, made of any suitable metal, with its edge turned up flaringly, as at P, and slit to form at intervals flanges or tongue-pieces Q, which are more or less springy, the bottom R of the plate being of a diameter to freely pass the shoulder M, so that when this plate is pressed down into the neck it will pass down by such shoulder, its flanges or tongue-pieces Q bending or springing inward for such purpose and when below it to spring out and lie in the crease L under the shoulder, and thus lock itself therein and also the corks G and K.

In the upper or mouth end of the neck is inserted a cork or stopper S or any suitable material which can be sealed and secured therein in any suitable manner. Extending from the outside of the neck and down to and joining the top of the bottle and made integral therewith are four curved and rounded arms T. After filling the bottle with the liquid the stopper G is first put in place, then the stopper K is pressed down upon it, the flange-plate N is then inserted and pressed down for its flanges Q to be in the groove L, and the stopper S inserted and secured in place.

At one side of the neck is an upward-curved extension which makes a nose U for the bottle when pouring out the liquid. \Vhen desirous of using'the contents of the bottle, the neck is broken from the body, it breaking away at the groove or thin placeD, the arms T also breaking in two, but leaving the lower stopper G in the bottle, all as shown in Fig. 2 in section. This stopper G is now removed, when the contents can be poured from the opening F and nose U.

As is obvious, abottle constructed as the one herein described, necessitating it to be broken as described to remove the contents, cannot be used again as before, and consequently the bottle is practically useless.

The arms T serve to strengthen the neck and hold it from accidentally being broken at the crease D, and yet at the same time they do not prevent the neck being easily broken off when desired to use the contents of the bottle, and there can be a more or less number of them, as desired.

This bottle is preferably made of glass and in one piece and can be made at a very small expense over the common bottle, and being so constructed, as described, practically has to be destroyed to open it to use the contents. It makes it a very desirable bottle for a great many purposes, especially where bottles are used by the quantity in putting up liquids of various kinds for sale, when especially not desirable for the bottle to be used a second time by others to interfere with the business and rights of the original party.

Having thus described lnyinvention, what I claim iswitnesses.

ALFRED M. SIIAVV.

\Vitnesses:

EDWIN W. BROWN, LIZZIE M. DWYER. 

